Everyone says you're not ready to have a kid until...while wanting to dispute that statement, as wanting to agree with that statement - The shrieking cries, the mess, the attitudes, the horrific screams, that's from the good parents. How about the bad parents? The ones who don't stop partying. The ones who leave their kids by themselves. The ones who plain just don't care. The ones who abandoned one just to raise a family with another. The ones who 'think' they know what it takes to raise a kid. It's not easy.
Any parent will admit that. I may not be the best mommy in the world. But damn, mine is alive, healthy, and has everything he needs. (Not wants, remember that's different) I don't believe that I should revolve around my child. AND I don't believe that my child should revolve around me. We are two people having to live together - I am the best-friend. I am the guardian. I am the one who is there when he scrapes his knee from riding a bike, playing outside, cleaning up his vomit when he is sick, being over cautious when he's not in sight. I am the first love. I am the enemy. I am everything in one. There is one thing as a parent we never want our kids to experience. Pain of an emotional let down. The bruises they get from riding a bike or getting hurt, is a learning experience.
Kids are only precious as the parents raise them. They take the time to polish them into what they can be. Many parents don't do that. They let the kid remain a kid with never growing up.
